Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-03

| ,hem nave ~ look Ht iue.
"At times the uproar would be SIGH
that the people in and about the
wagons hall mile ahead would be
Iookin' back to see what was up, and
sometimes the captains OF trains would
come chargin' back under whip and
| spur to investigate. What made me
ool, wuss than ! otherwise would was
the fact OF my roundabout bein' red;
| the red aggravated the green and the
green the red. You bet | skipped
along pretty lively past the wagons,
| except when / was obliged to stop to
ask for drink of water err bite OF
grub. As hove in sight some Teller
would sing out: 'Hurrahl here comes
| the great crane OF the DESERTS and
another; Oh, the legs OF him. Some
| called me the Green Dragon OF the
| plains and one old fellow declared
that | was the 'wingless flamingo OF
the inland lakes bird he had been
in search of for years.
Every train overlook had some
new name Tor me. With one train l
was the Upland Lobster OF the Great
Basin, and with the next I was
'Whangdoodle. The lightest dose
got was to be asked how got away
from Barnum. / rather prided my
self on the title OF Green Dragon of
the Palms. and generally announced
myself as SIGH when | got the chance,
for 1t seemed to me there was nothin
sneakin' about that.
"Well when cot acrost the Sierras
to Hangtown, found out that there
was to be II grand ball that night just
in the edge OF the town. Before scat
tering to the various California camps
for which they were bound the people
were going to have q farewell dance to.
aether. In the evenin' / thought I'd
slip down to whar the dance was to
come off and look on awhile. | al
ways was mighty fond of dancin' and
down in old Missouri not many could
beat me at the double-shutlle or the
fancy steps and filings.
When got to the place Hound they
had set up a lot of crotches IN which
they had laid poles, GOVERN the whole
with pine and spruce boughs, maxim a
sort OF canopy over a big open hall.
The ground under this great shed had
been leveled off and beaten down till
it was like brickyard. | found two
or three fiddlers mounted on pine
boxes, and with them q teller with n
charionet. They were maxim pretty
fair music, and great crowd was
dancin away. A happier lot of peo-
Pile never saw before, and have never
seen since. All the dangers of the
plains and deserts were left behind,
and before was a land OF flowers and
OF gold
"Well, stood in the edge Off crowd
Of two or three hundred spectators
but pretty soon / got excited
like. My old Missouri ambition was
aroused. forgot all about my draw
ers and sailed into the thick OF the
business with tall, gallus Pike Coun-
ty gal, with sun bonnet off and hair
hanging down her back almost to the
heels OF her shoes. She was built like
a racer and carried her head like the
lead boss OF u band wagon. ] can tell
you we made the dust fly, am q lit
tie over six loot, and that gals head
came we'll up over my shoulders; SO
you can see we were no soven OF a
couple. Besides, the girl was prettier
than bay steer.
II soon saw that, though my draw
ers might be little too tight, /. had
on about the soundest rig in the whole
place. looked Just like | was in some
kind of masquerade outfit, and Isoon
found that lots OF the people thought
was made up for something as |
could hear the spectators in the front
ranks buzzing about it. | began to
consider myself the beau of the ball
a regular dandy.
't'io in green legsp the fellers on the
outside would holler, and 60 in / did.
Presently, in a pause, in dance u
spectator tapped me on the shoulder,
and when turned about he said. Elk
cuse me, sir but some OF us here are
curious to know what you represent
81 stopped my mouth TO his ear and
said; The Green Dragon OF the
Plains
"rhank you, sir, said the man.
'lie was going away when he turned
back and said: And the lady-your
partner
""Fhe Desert Wait said I.
Soon we started off in another
dance, and, teartened up as ! was. |
can tell you | made those long green
legs Of mine fly in swingin' on the cor
ners. had for my partner the hand
soonest, limberest and willingest gal III
the whole outfit, and / was so jubi-
liant that | could hardly stay on the
ground, but bounded like | was
made OF iniun rubber Presently,
when "a jist cut a wonderful flourish,
there arose cry of 'Hurrah for the
Green Dragon OF the Plainsr 'Whoop-
eri Bully for the Green Dragon and
so the cry went up from hundred
throats. Hardly was this over before
at another high flourish there was a
cry OF 'lurrah for the Desert Waif and
the Green Dragon Hi, hi, for the
Desert Wait, the Queen of the Pla:ns!'
And the Rose of Missouri added an
other voice.
% What do they mean by Green
Dragon and Desert Waif?' whispered
my partner.
"'Whv. said |, they are applaudin'
us. You are the Desert Wait and |
am the Green Dragon of the Plains.
They think we are in a sort OF mas
querade riel
Pm sure Pm not, said she.
No matter, said |; they think so,
on account OF your hair covering YOU
lise n MANTLE
''She was pleased, and after that we
fairly flew Never had danced so be-
fore. | seemed on steel snr1nOs | cot